Gael Clichy simply refused to sign a new contract at Arsenal and would have been quite happy to sign for Liverpool until Man City came in with an offer, and he has now revealed that the reason he wanted to leave is because he is sick of failing at the final hurdle when it comes to the latter stages of any competition.

He said yesterday: “After spending eight years with Arsenal it would have been easy to sign a new contract to stay there because they’re a fantastic club that will always be challenging for trophies.” Read more...